Wojciech Kowalski

Wojciech Kowalski was a Polish nationalist active during the mid-19th century.

Biography
Wojciech Kowalski was from Radom, Congress Poland, in the Russian Empire (present-day Russia). Kowalski became a nationalist for the "Polish nation", and on 23 February 1861 he gave a speech about the Polish nation, its cause, its oppression, and its future in the town square of Radom five minutes to 12:00. However, Russian gendarmes stormed the square and he disappeared, only to be found far away in the city at exactly 12:00. Czar Alexander II of Russia decided to imprison him rather than martyr him.